Acorn install on YCL 1236 Lathe
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:45 pm
I'm changing over my YCL 1236 CNC Lathe conversion to the Acorn. Here's a few pics. Encoder mount seems to work fine but encoder won't be here until tomorrow so waiting game on that. I have a plastic gear on it until I can find one that has a flange. It seems these size pulleys don't have flanges. I may have to make one if SPDI does not have one. The Lathe is used in CNC mode and manual mode so there is extra switches for axis control. The 2 lower on the Lathe is to disconnect the motors from the system when using manual mode, if you don't do this it sends power back to the board even when a controller is not on and could damage something. Couple extra switches on the main motor controller for the same reason, manual and CNC mode. Pictures of home switches and mounts. I have not run the wizard setup yet although I did plug it in and did the bench test. All seemed fine. I was going to finish tomorrow but my Skyfire VMC-2 arrives tomorrow so that will be over shadowing the lathe setup. Anyway here's the pics. Also in one of the pics you'll notice a black motor on the end of the lathe, that is a custom setup I put together for doing inside splining and internal ring gears.